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Place we are. so in that regard, yes, we are failing. we have vaccines that we know are highly effective and safe. and, yet, half the country is still not fully vaccinated and about 90 million people have not gotten one dose. we would not be in the place we are right now with this delta surge if wed been more effective in getting everybody to take advantage of these immunizations. >> the point is this was preventable. and this just in. due to the explosion of covid cases in new orleans and the s...

We are right now with this delta surge if we had been more effective in getting everybody to take advantage of these immunizations. and now were paying a terrible price as the cases go up quickly. >> lets drill down on this with dr. william schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. thanks for being with us. only 50% of the country is fully vaccinated. what would our lives look like right now if that number stood at 70% or 80%? >> well, the higher the be...

Does that make sense? just one dose? >> yeah. you know, when you look at the protective efficacy against the delta variant for a single dose, its not terrific. to really clamp down on this virus, i do think were going to need two immunizations, and maybe its just a matter of starting with one and then moving toward two later on, or maybe there was some technical problems in tfiguring out how t monitor two doses. if you are serious about fighting the virus, you need both doses. >> how would you e...

I mean, we have laws against drunk driving as an example because we say you have the right to drink if you want to, but if you want to get behind the wheel of a car and endanger other people, we as a society, cannot allow that. and we should see vaccination against this deadly see to be the same and put covid immunizations the same way we talk about other vaccinations as well. we mandate childhood vaccinations. if we did not do that, then we might still have polio, smallpox and other illnesses n...

Went after my family. im not a politician. im not trying to get donald trumps endorsement. that is where the republican party center of gravity is and when mccarthy calls cheney and kinzinger pelosi republicans. he knows what he is doing. >> im going to advocate here. i heard an interview with you and paul at c.h.o.p. in philadelphia. he is an expert on vaccines and i immunizations. he is so helpful over last year. in the interview with you, he was pissed about vaccinations. he is pissed at peop...

Surprised that in the future, this is something that would be seriously considered depending upon how we handle the outbreak. >> so, you know, states decide, this is a states issue, which immunizations to require but all states do require kids in school to be vaccinated against mmr, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox. here in new york were required for our kids to get the flu shot every year so it would seem completely inconsistent to not require the coronavirus vaccine, as well but dr. oneil,...

There is a silver lining to this cloud is that it has drawn attention to the need to vaccinate children and not just against covid. you know, during our lockdowns lots of children werent taken in to their family docs and pediatricians and theyre behind in their routine immunizations. we want to catch them up to increase the rates of those immunizations. and this is drawing a lot of attention to that, and we hope that parents will bring children, infants, children, adolescents, in to their health...

Trumps playbook to try to demonize fauci, poke fun at fauci, someone who, let me remind you, as served seven presidents as an adviser and is a leading doctor in immunizations and viral infections. this aint in for desantis. keep your beer cozies and focus on the delta variant thats taking more lives every day. >> susan, a quick last word from you. a federal judge in texas claimed the daca program illegal and is halting new applications. what does the white house need to do to make lawmakers act ...

Covid vaccine outreach. this is all vaccine outreach. the u.s. surgeon general called this counterproductive. youre a pediatrician, what do you think? >> i think its very concerning. its been a very interesting week here in tennessee. and as a representative of the tennessee chapter of the american academy of pediatrics, we stand behind the science and evidence of vaccines. vaccines are safe. vaccines are effective. vaccines save lives. and so do public health outreach and our public health expe...

Getting vaccine manufactured and getting it to the communities that needed it in the amount of vaccine that would be required. the second one though is the last inch, getting that needle into someones arm. it was recognized early on this would be challenged. you know, we are living in unprecedented public health times where if you look at what has happened, state legislatures with their governors prohibiting public health from doing their jobs, firing competent public health people for telling t...